The project aims to build capacity for positive psychology and education of preschool and primary school teachers by improving their knowledge and professional and personal well-being, by encouraging teachers to optimize their and their students potentials, physical and mental health, resiliency toward educational and life challenges, and emotional and social literacy.
The Institute of positive psychology has ben incorporating positive psychology principles into formal education for years within various projects. Since we detected the need for building preschool and primary level school teachers capacities for preparing children for demanding period of transition into higher levels of schooling, we prepared this project. The aim was to support both pre- and lower grades school teachers for helping children succeed in their personal and school accomplishments.